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To Boil Green Peas

A simple boiled green peas dish seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Green Peas

To Boil Green Peas

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Shell the peas and soak them in cold water for 30 minutes.

  2. Bring a pot of water to a boil.

Cook and serve

  1. Add the peas to the boiling water and cook for 30 minutes.

  2. Add a little salt just before removing from heat.

  3. Drain the peas, season, and transfer to a covered dish.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Fresh green peas
Form the main body of the dish and become tender and sweet as their starches soften in boiling water.

The step that matters

Cook the peas for the full 30 minutes. Peas turn from bright green to dull olive and mushy when overcooked. The cooking time controls how far the starches soften and the cell walls break down, so timing decides the final texture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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